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New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B Ministry) has denied permission to four films shot in the Gaza Strip, Turkey, Hungary and Bhutan for screening at the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2023. in Goa.
According to a report published in The HinduThe four films that were denied permits are: A weekend in Gazaa satire directed by Basil Khalil set in a post-epidemic Israel where the Gaza Strip becomes the safest place in the Levant; Bedroomdirected by Nehir Tuna, a drama about a teenager sent to a residential Islamic seminary by his father; Explanation for everythingHungarian drama directed by Gábor Reisz that won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the 80th Venice Film Festival; The monk and the gunBhutan’s official entry to the Oscars directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting records reveal.
For film festivals, the government waives the requirement of a certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
According to the Film certification policy for film festivals. notified in January 2006, “To consider the application for exemption from the certification process for films to be screened in festivals, the Festival Director shall submit the following documents addressed to the Joint Secretary (Films) along with the application for exemption: (i) List of films to be screened at the festival, (ii) Synopsis of each of the films, (iii) Composition of the Preview Committee, which must be made up of people related to the film industry or critics. writers related to cinema, (iv) Report from the Preview Committee certifying that the films have been recommended for exhibition at the festival, (v) Certificate from the Festival Director that the screening of said films would be limited to the delegates (the definition of delegates would include filmmakers, media students, critics, film theorists, film lovers and all those related to the production and business of film and members of the press duly registered with the festival authorities as well as its jury), (vi) Certificate from the Festival Director that the festival is non-commercial in nature.”
Notably, The monk and the gun A satire featuring mock elections in Bhutan was screened at the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) held from February 29 to March 7, 2024. The film was also screened at the Moving Image Academy Film Festival Jio Mumbai (MAMI) celebrated from October 27. , November 5, 2023, in which he won the Audience Choice Award.
according to The Hindu, Dorji’s film will be released theatrically in India and the trailer of the film will be screened in theaters across the country after the CBFC granted permission for it. Therefore, it is unclear why the ministry denied permission for its screening at IFFI.